Yi Feng

Luther Lee Jr. Memorial Chair in Government

DegreesPhD, Political Science, University of Rochester, New York
MS, MS in Public Policy Analysis, University of Rochester, New York
MA, Political Science, University of Rochester, New York

Research Interests

International political economy, Public policy analysis, Quantitative methodology, Global power shifts, Globalization

Yi Feng is the Luther Lee Jr. Memorial Chair in Government at Claremont Graduate University. At CGU he has also served as provost and vice president for academic affairs (2006–2011) and as dean of the Division of Politics & Economics (2003–2006). His areas of concentration are international political economy, public policy analysis, and quantitative methodology. He has taught a wide variety of courses, including International Political Economy, International Relations, Political Economy of Regional Integration and Globalization, Public Policy Research, Political Economy of Pacific Asia, Quantitative Research Methods, and Computer Applications for Data Analysis.

Following his undergraduate and graduate work in China with an MA degree in English, Feng obtained several graduate degrees from the University of Rochester, New York, including an MA and PhD in Political Science, followed by an MS in Public Policy Analysis. Since then, he has served in many professional appointments, including as the general program chair for the International Studies Association Annual Conference (Hawaii, 2004–2005) and as editor of InternationalInteractions, a premier journal in international studies (2001–2005).

Feng has published extensively on such topics as economic growth, investment, human capital, international trade, demographic transition, and political regime transitions in various economics and political science peer-reviewed journals. His works on regional development deal with political and economic issues in Latin America, Pacific Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. He has also published on China’s financial markets, labor and human capital, economic growth, state enterprises, foreign direct investment, and trade policy. His book Democracy, Governance andEconomic Performance: Theory and Evidence (MIT, 2003, 2005) earned the following review from Eirik G. Furubotn: “notable for its broad scope, its thorough grounding in empirical evidence and for the insights it offers into complex social processes. This is interdisciplinary research at its best.”

His current research interests include global power shifts, globalization, and regional political, economic, and business development. He has also been continuing his research on China and other major emerging powers. In addition, he is interested in trends, policies, and issues related to higher education and has been extensively involved in building international programs for Claremont Graduate University and the Claremont University Consortium.

Co-authored with Jacek Kugler. “Tectonic Move in 21st Century International Relations: Ukrainian Territorial Crisis, Realignments of Major Powers, and Implications for the World.” Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies 2, no. 1 (2015): 55–75.